Voted April 27, 1999, Article 11; Approved by the Attorney General September 9, 1999; posted September 21, 1999.
Section 1. The Town shall have a consolidated Department of Municipal Finance as authorized under Chapter 43C of the General Laws. This Department shall include the offices of Town Accountant, Town Collector, Town Treasurer, and Assessors.
Section 2. The Department shall be administered by a Director of Municipal Finance, who shall be appointed by and responsible to the Board of Selectmen and shall assist the Board of Assessors.
Section 3. The Director of Municipal Finance shall also serve ex-officio, without added compensation, as the Town Treasurer-Collector.
Section 4. The term of office of the Director of Municipal Finance shall be three years. The term of office of the Town Accountant also shall be three years, so arranged that to the extent possible that the terms shall expire in different years.
Section 5. The Director of Municipal Finance shall be responsible for:
a) Coordination of all financial services and activities of the Town.
b) Maintenance of all accounting records and other financial statements of the Town.
c) Payment of all obligations of the Town.
d) Receipt of all funds due the Town.
e) Assistance to all other Town Departments and Offices in any matter related to financial affairs.
f) Monitoring of the expenditures of all Town funds, including periodic reporting to appropriate agencies on the status of Town accounts.
g) Supervision within the Department of all purchases of goods, materials, and supplies and maintenance of inventory controls.
h) Day-to-day administration of the offices of the Accountant, Assessors, and Treasurer-Collector, including supervisory and assignment responsibility over all employees in those offices.
Section 6. The Director of Municipal Finance shall appoint all other personnel necessary to staff the Department, except that the appointment of personnel who will staff the office of the Board of Assessors and the Town Accountant shall also be subject to the respective recommendations of those officials, and the Town Accountant shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen.
Section 7. Except as otherwise provided herein, nothing in this by-law shall derogate from the authority and obligations of the Board of Assessors, or the offices of the Town Accountant, or Town Treasurer-Collector, under the law of the Commonwealth.
Section 8. The provisions of this by-law shall first become effective on July 1, 1999.
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